Amazing idea, with a terrific realization. The drops add to the sensual / sexual provocation, suggesting physical effort... Great lighting and composition, but this is rather obvious. One thought though: top curve slightly too harsh (does it make any sense??) to my taste, breaking a little the aesthetic beauty of the pic. Cheers, Alex

This could pass almost for some fractured stone after a rain. It's a beautiful study of texture and form. You've handled for some what may be a touchy subject in a very artistic and sensitive way. Very nice.

This photo is bold, and by that very fact, it escapes from the mundane and ordinary. The lighting is quite extraordinary, giving an otherwise anatomical detail tremendous force and impact. I would normally find a photo of such intimacy quite distasteful. In this particular case, it is a work of art. Congratulations to the author and his model for their audacity and imagination. (edited to remove non-critique comments)

I am not a priest, even not a beliver to any religion. But I did feel this picture objectionable and offensive, though technically it is well done. Intimacy is Intimacy, I donot belive that ANY part of human body can be ART. I cannot understand why the photographer chose such a subject. I donot like this kind of way of capturing public attention by over-audacity.

Photographed with technical competence, but all the eroticism has been designed out of this subject. It is now an object for us to free associate. For me, this apparatus has been graphically disassociated from anything womanly, which means it has no erotic impact on me. As stated above, it could be a stone...

"subject" or "object" seems to be our issue, yes? This object has no eroticism to me, unless it is attached (literally, visually, spiritually or metaphorically) to a subject, i.e. a woman... t

I think there are two ways to look at the water droplets. One is to view them as a condensation, which usually suggests a cold surface. That may explain why some viewers assosiate this image with a rock. Another way to view the droplets as a sweat on a steamy body. Igor what was your intention? I think the later :-)

amazing. you find this detail in anatomy books but it comes off academic. you find this detail in adult magazines but it comes off pornographic. your shot is neither. your shot makes you want to celebrate the human body for what it is. your shot is art.

For me, initially those droplets suggest either a swim in the ocean or taking a shower, not the temperature of the skin. After reading all the opinions, it also would be extenuating physical activity (sports or thinking in terms of eroticsm, foreplay, which considering the theme of the portafoio and the other images would be more apropiate).
The technique, great.

This photo could be compared with the famous Gustave Coubert´s picture: the origin of the world. Coubert
painted his masterpiece in 1866, putting the realism
at the top. Photos like this are working in the same
issue, approaching the human dimension of the art with the nature. The erotism is expressed at the highest level. The picture puts to the observer in a furious fight of contradictory impressions: this is art, just no a nice picture. Aesthetics 10, Originality 9

Can I be your understudy? LOL, I should not laugh because in reality I would be a great understudy, I am serious. I will always regret the full scholarship I turned down to the NY institute of fashion and design. Anyway, back to reality and the question I have want to ask? how did do get such great detail of the droplets. The mixture is fantastic!

It was Schiller you quipped that if you cannot please every one, please a few for to please every one is bad (paraphrase). Truth is beauty and beauty is truth - Sapho (paraphrase). Never compose your art to please any one except yourself. Follow this rule and you will never die the death of mediocrity. God made the female form and it cannot be irreverant to acknowledge and celebrate that truth which is the essence of beauty. Your art is driven by that truth, do not let detractors divert you from that search. Your work is beautiful, as simple as the curve of the Universe. Keep searching for the timeless. Thank you for sharing.

hmm... why don't you try to horizontally flip the photo? becuase in my opinion, now the image is falling down... from left to right... instead if the lowest point is situated on the left and the highest on the right the image will look like rising... these are the basics... i think it would look better! but i am not the author, so...

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. What you have captured here is open for much debate from both sides. I say its an incredible image. Lighting, composition, subject, all just perfect. Most would aspire to have this much talent. Congrats!

I first saw this photo yesterday, I didn't comment then, but I cannot let this go without some praise. It is truly artistic, the droplets add such a great effect and feel to the photo, I don't even think about this image as portraying a part of a woman's body, as it feels detached and almost asexual the way it is shot and cropped. 7/7 from me, because there are no higher possible ratings. I would rate higher. And pornography it ain't. I am glad you have the ability and courage to photograph the body this way, and you certainly make it a work of art. Regards, Jana Hughes

This photo puts a lot of attention into the lighting which makes the viewer focus on the shape of the object. It took me a minute to figure out what was this supposed to be a photo of and I noticed it is clearly the genitalia of a female. However, the photo is not pornographic in any way and makes Maxim even look like pornography. Despite Maxim is not a nude magazine. The question of the photographers intentions of the photo remains a mystery, and definitely adds to the photos appeal.

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